Hibs: Statement

[Virtuoso 27,180]

Awe, poor Liewell losing support...

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Hibernian supporters have contacted the Club directly, and via their two elected Non-Executive Directors, to enquire as to the Club's position regarding Rangers, HMRC and the use of EBTs.

The Board has discussed the matter at successive Board meetings, and has come to a unanimous view. The Club had intended to make this known earlier, but a variety of factors, not least the need to focus on and conclude Hibernian business during the transfer window, delayed this.

Your Board fully understands the concerns of supporters regarding this issue, on all sides of the argument.

During the past six years, the matter has been interrogated by the highest courts in the land, by the SFA, and by the SPFL. In recent weeks, both the SPFL and SFA have taken extensive legal advice which does not support or encourage taking further action.

The lengthy and detailed explanation of the SPFL legal advice (July 26th 2017) makes clear that this matter has now been thoroughly examined by some of Scotland's keenest legal minds, and their opinion is that 'given the rules which applied at that time - no additional sanctions could be retrospectively applied. Similar legal views have been obtained by the SFA. Both organisations have looked at the issue and at potential sanctions, and have received strong and clear legal advice.

The SPFL 'whilst accepting that no additional sanctions can be retrospectively applied 'wants an independent review into how the issue was handled. The SFA has referred a specific aspect to its compliance officer. For all of these reasons, we also do not support the letter from the SPFL calling for a further independent review.

Your Board believes our game faces a choice. We either continue to spend significant sums of money and huge reserves of time and energy to challenge already lengthy and detailed legal advice. Or, we can focus on doing all we can to invest in the future of our Club and the wider game to improve our sport, and ensure there can be no repeat of the issues raised

We prefer the latter option - working to ensure that in the future our game is fairer and more open, and has the potential to secure greater commercial income to fund further improvement for the longer term.

Scottish football is finally emerging from a period of significant turbulence, which has damaged the sport, into a much more exciting future. While we know this is a divisive issue that will never be resolved to the satisfaction of all supporters, we cannot allow it to divert us from the future or to keep us mired in the past.

It is the view of your Board that we should focus 100% on a brighter future for Hibernian, and for the game. All of our energy will be used trying to bring future success to our own club, and to working together to create a future that all of our supporters can be proud of, on and off the pitch.

Fuck Hibs, but....

[Negri's lovechild 14,052]

Scummy bastards as well, but shows that less and less of the so called 42 clubs want action one club alone seems to want it.

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,723]

Well under discussion in the other (bheast statement) thread mate.

[DW1872 1,207]

Even hibs have more class than cellic

[bluesteel 218]

Never saw that coming,slant eyes on his own.

[kplfishtank 4,656]

They will pay someone to support them, or threaten like they did with Kilmarnock when they wouldn't be bullied 5 years ago. 

[BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293]

FURFUXACHE TLB Must be delighted , roon ye big time 

[Prince George 601]

Possibly with a women being chief executive Leann Dempster, she has knocked some sense into board. A good statement taking their own club and Scottish football into account. I never saw this coming. 

[Alves70 393]

The SPFL represent all clubs so it's time for Doncaster to remove his tongue from liewells backside and put this review rubbish to bed.

Expect more clubs to come out and say move on this week so it's being pushed by one club alone now.

 

[Jelavic191 4,439]

5 minutes ago, kplfishtank said:

They will pay someone to support them, or threaten like they did with Kilmarnock when they wouldn't be bullied 5 years ago. 

You do have to wonder what impact our time in the lower leagues has on these other clubs opinions of us. Although I'd imagine most of them won't give a fuck about striping titles which don't affect them or will affect them from now as we are back in the top flight. 

[RFCRobertson 11,778]

So that's Hibs, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Hearts and of course us. 

This shit is going to blow up in their face pretty hard. 

[.Williamson. 82,208]

You'd think people would have gotten bored with all this shite by now 

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

Ahahahahahahaha 

[cp9 753]

celtics statement was them pandering to the terrorist sympathising scum that were banned following the European game.

All the club have managed to do is highlight how utterly obsessed they are with all things Rangers. Their club is an embarrassment. 

[MisterC 12,270]

Clubs realise that they have enough to contend with as it is without getting involved in this nonsense. The dhims are in this for their own advantage and for our disadvantage and they have no interest in anything other than their own agenda. Lawell is playing to the gallery and doesn't want their own fans boycotting so has to be seen to do something even if he knows full well its a pissing in the wind contest 

[Perth_Campsie_Ger 17,995]

Hopefully celtic will be so enraged they quit for the Irish league!

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,137]

In that statement just substitute smellic for SPFL.

The rats are deserting the ship.

[eejay the dj 31,964]

HIVS are scum . Edinburgh scum .

This might just be a nice little message to hear for some bears . I on the other hand . Will remain suspicious of anything these bastards say and do .

Liewell is mates with Petrie . No doubts . They were instrumental in our ejection to lower leagues .

 Liewell probably knew , Hivs would have this statement before media or many of us .

 

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

The bheasts have some bad news in the pipeline 

This is a squirrel designed to deflect attention from that

[eejay the dj 31,964]

That has put paid to any statement from our brave board members

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

3 minutes ago, Perth_Campsie_Ger said:

Hopefully celtic will be so enraged they quit for the Irish league!

Oh the witch-hunt is over, why don't they go home. 

[.Williamson. 82,208]

3 minutes ago, Perth_Campsie_Ger said:

Hopefully celtic will be so enraged they quit for the Irish league!

Their support would decrease massively if they actually played in Ireland. 

Once you take away the fact they're a club playing in Britain while pushing their Irish republican politics there's not a lot that would be of interest to people. 

[Copland bear 7,966]

From a club who's chairman also,covered up child abuse  before off loading the cunt to,us till we called the police, over to you Dave King as it should not be too hard to putbpedophile protectors in there place.

If our board fail to react over the next 24 hours then we the fans must replace them 

[chris182 6,297]

6 minutes ago, eejay the dj said:

HIVS are scum . Edinburgh scum .

This might just be a nice little message to hear for some bears . I on the other hand . Will remain suspicious of anything these bastards say and do .

Liewell is mates with Petrie . No doubts . They were instrumental in our ejection to lower leagues .

 Liewell probably knew , Hivs would have this statement before media or many of us .

 

Petrie (and a few other directors) know that if there's a review everything will be transparent around 2012.

You get the feeling a lot of clubs directors have a lot to lose in a review.

5-way agreement comes to mind 

[VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS 3,321]

The fucking scum keep raising and pushing the issue in order to create bad headlines which in turn scares off potential investors.

They are playing a fucking sneaky game - no surprise there.